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Jon Bon Jovi doesn't like Madonna's parenting (Blogging Baby) - It’s time for dueling celebrity parents! Madonna likes to give out parenting advice, recently telling us we’re inattentive parents if we haven’t potty trained our kids by two. Now Jon Bon Jovi has his own bit of parental judgement, “She can say what she likes, but Madonna takes those kids out to every première she ever goes to.” In contrast, Bon Jovi says, “I’ve been in this industry

Orchard Park to offer parenting classes (Carmel Topics) - CARMEL -- Orchard Park Elementary and the Hamilton County Parenting Coalition will offer four classes to help parents build strong families 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 22 and 29.

You are here parenting (iVillage) - Find the perfect toys for your kids this Christmas with our guide to the season's best games, characters, dolls, and craft and construction sets.

Young athletes learn hard lesson (Courier-Post) - Someday, I've been told, this parenting thing is going to get easier. But with one in college, one in high school, one in middle school and one in first grade, my wife and I often wonder whether we'll still be around when someday comes.

Kiddie Village Wins Both the Gold & Honors Award in the 2005 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Competition (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Kiddie Village, a new children's video creator, today announced the winning of both Gold and Honors Awards from the National Parenting Publication Awards, which recognize the top family-oriented products of the year. "Fun With Dance" won the Gold Award and "Let's Play Music" won the Honors Award. Both videos introduce babies & toddlers to the fine arts.

Secret Senate Circus As Metaphor (CBS News) - CBS' Dick Meyer was not very impressed with the closed session stunt Sen. Harry Reid and other Democrats pulled this week. He likens it to children acting out, and offers some parenting tips.

Student-Teacher Conflict-How To Help Your Child (BellaOnline) - One of the most important lessons in parenting is giving your child coping skills. How they react to life’s problems and how they go about solving them is crucial.

An opportunity to raise more resilient kids PARENTING John Rosemond (TimesLeader.com) - Q: OUR SMALL Mississippi town was almost completely devastated by Hurricane Katrina. My brother’s children are 9, 6, and 4.

From our readers: everything else is sprinkles (Blogging Baby) - We love our readers, and so many of your comments make me smile, cry, scream in anger, or feel so understood . But rarely do we get a comment that deserves its very own post. Suburban Misfit ’s comment on my “ Parenting isn’t pretty ” post was one such comment. She wrote of the best advice she’d ever heard, from a friend’s NICU nurse. ””Feed her and love her. Anything else is sprinkles.”

Forum aimed at area parents (Silver City Sun-News) - The two previous biannual "Challenging Child" conferences in Silver City were primarily designed for professionals in early childhood settings, but this Saturday, the focus will be on parenting.